Posts Tagged ‘Israel’
History, Theology, and the Nation of Israel
How the Theological-Historical Interface Impacted the Rise of National Israel [Editor’s note: this historical survey was published in our magazine, FrontLine, in our November/December 2016 issue. We republish it today because of its relevance to the current crisis in Israel. Readers may find it helpful in putting the current situation in historical context. The author…
Read MoreThe Christian Attitude to Antisemitism
Although it has been over thirty years since I visited the nation of Israel, my memories of the experience remain vivid. In addition to touring many cites significant to the events in the Bible, I also visited Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem. Visitors walk through numerous rooms displaying photographs, videos, and…
Read MoreThe Ultimate Anti-Semite
God loves all people (the world) so much that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16). According to His plan for the nations, God chose one, the nation of Israel, to be a light for all. Ultimately, light was given through the incarnation…
Read MorePraying for Israel
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime (Daniel 6:10). There were several Old Testament saints who prayed…
Read MoreMany Modern Jews Are Reading the Bible Today
Yesterday we published a piece by Dr. Layton Talbert about how Orthodox Judaism treats Isaiah 53. While corresponding with me about his article, Dr. Talbert mentioned an interesting project going on among Jews in Israel (and, indeed, all over the world). Despite the tradition of misinterpreting and ignoring Isaiah 53, many Jews are today busy…
Read MoreHow Do Orthodox Jews Read Isaiah 53?
The short answer is that, as a rule, they don’t. Every year around September, they systematically avoid reading Isaiah 53. But that begs a little explanation. My good friend Craig Hartman (director of Shalom Ministries) describes an approach he likes to use with Orthodox Jews. He starts with a question: “As an Orthodox Jew you…
Read MoreA Century of Trouble and Hope – FrontLine
November/December 2018 | VOLUME 28 | NUMBER 6 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. Job 12:23–24 The year 1919…
Read MoreA Letter from Shalom Ministries concerning the Pittsburgh shooting
Greetings friends, In light of the horrific events that took place this past weekend at the synagogue in Pittsburgh, I wanted to send along a brief note to our friends and supporters to share some thoughts. We are all witnessing a tragedy, and there is certainly cause for shock, grief, and alarm. It is, however,…
Read MoreChristian Zionism
We should not let the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish state pass without celebrating the role that we, as Dispensational Fundamentalists, played in the return of the Jews to the Holy Land. Modern Zionism began officially with the publication in 1896 of The Jewish State by Theodore Herzl. Herzl was a Hungarian…
Read MoreA look inside Thank God for Israel
We’d like to give you a preview to some of the articles in the November/December FrontLine. Information for subscriptions can be found here.
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